US2264491A - Davenport - Google Patents

Description

R. M. WARD Dec. 2, 1941.

DAVENPORT INVENTOR.

Filed June 21, 1939 ATTORNEY.

Patented Dec. 2, 1941 HE STATS 3 Claims.

This invention relates to davenports and the primary object of the invention is to build a davenport in sections, hinged together in such a manner as to be able to form the davenport into the shape of an arc.

When the davenport i formed in the shape of an arc, filler cushions are provided to complete the bottom and back of the davenport, and when used as an ordinary davenport with the sections being in a straight line, these filler cushions are stored away within the davenport.

Another object of my new and improved davenport construction is to provide means where the davenport can be shaped so that two sections of the davenport can face each other while the middle section completes the circle. When used in this form filler cushions would not be used.

These and other incidental objects will be apparent in the drawing, specification and claims to follow.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the davenport, being used in the well known form, all sections in line, and parts of the cushion broken away to illustrate invention.

Figure 2 is a plan View of my new and improved davenport being shaped in the form of an arc, parts broken away for convenience of illustration.

Figure 3 is a rear view of Figure 1, made to illustrate storage compartments and other details of construction.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional plan view of the method of hinging the ections together.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary detail front view of the hinged sections, parts broken away for convenience of illustration.

In the drawing:

My new and improved davenport consists of sections I, 2 and 3 hingedly connected together at the front of the davenport at 4 and 5 by suitable hinges 6, having the usual upholstering covering l formed thereover. The frame of the sections are indicated at 8 and have secured to their corners at 9 suitable legs l0. These legs are in halves, completing a foot when the davenport is being used in straight line position and also appearing like a completed foot when the davenport is used as shown in Figure 2. I do not wish to be limited to three sections, as my new and improved davenport may have more than three sections or less, nor do I wish to be limited to the fact that I have shown my invention not convertible into a bed davenport, as my invention could be applied to this construction just as well.

When the davenport is being used, as shown in Figure 2, suitable material, such as flexible webs H, bridge the gap between the back sections. The web H may be secured, as by sewing, as at [2 to one of the sections and may have snap buttons it or other suitable fastening means for securing the web to the opposite section.

This web snaps onto the fasteners l3 While used by a suitable bridge, preferably a more or less rigid fabric, as canvas or the like It, the sheet I6 may be fastened by the fastening means, such as sewing I! or otherwise to one of the sections. This sheet rests on the main spring cushion body of the davenport and provides a bottom or support for the filler cushion It. When the davenport is used in straight line position, as shown in Figure l, the bridge or sheet l6 merely takes the position as shown underneath the cushion I9. In my drawing, I have broken away parts of the cushion I!) for convenience of illustration. A filler cushion 20 is provided for covering the back of the davenport and rests against the web II when the davenport is being used, as shown in Figure 2. Suitable storage compartments open at the rear 2|, best shown in Figure 3, provides space for holding the cushions l8 and 20, although I would not wish to be limited to this particular location for storing the cushions.

As stated before, the primary object of my invention is to provide a sectional davenport that can be used in a straight line position or in an arc of a circle having suitable means provided for filling in the gaps between the sections when hinged about in an are having their forward corner secured together.

I do not wish to be limited to the particular form of mechanical combination shown in my drawing, as other mechanical embodiments may be used still coming within the scope of the claims to follow.

What I claim is: I

1. An article of furniture in the shape of a davenport, made up of a plurality of relatively movable sections being connected to be arranged in alignment or at an angle to each other to form a straight davenport or one of substantially arcuate form, the sections being hingedly connected at their forward edges, means carried by their rear edges to hold the rear ends of the sections in straight form or arcuate form, the end sections and central section being bridged by intermediate pieces of relatively rigid material when the davenport is in arcuate form, cushions adapted to be housed in compartment in the central section resting upon the intermediate pieces to raise the seating level of the space between the sections to the normal seating level of the sections.

2. In a davenport made up of a central section and end sections, the sections being hinged at their forward meeting edges to permit the sections to be arranged with their sides in contact or in divergent relation, the latter form arranging the davenport in arcuate shape, webbing strips secured to the rear of the central section, and means for fastening the opposite ends of the strips to the end sections at either one or two determinate points to hold the sections against spreading when the davenport is in straight form or arcuate form.

3. A construction as defined in claim 2, including backrests, strips connected to the backrests, cushion adapted to be housed in the end sections and placed against the strips to form cushioned hacks for the spaces between the sections when the davenport is in arcuate form.

ROSE MARIE WARD.

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